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House Rules
I expect this will evolve a bit as I go forward, but I’ll keep them simple for now, at least.
Empty Cupboard Framework
-Start 2004 with empty roster, and never use players from before the 2004 rookie draft
Team Finances
-Keep ticket cost index below average of two nearest geographic rivals
Player Contracts
-Only contract renegotiation allowed is to “cap out” offer to a player
-All offers to free agent players requesting a bonus must include a bonus as large as the largest annual salary we offer
Trades
-Only may offer trades during the draft, and involving current year draft picks
-May only accept trade offers that pass the “fairness test” (alter offer then accept it)
Positional Usage
-No player may start out of his primary position group (LG may start at RG, but not at LT)
TCY Tie-In
-Reserved for future use
With that, I think I’m pretty well ready to get started. I think at some point, I want to have some kind of rule about players from my TCY college (Akron, currently) but until I get a flavor for what quantity and quality I’m talking about there, I’m not ready to commit to a rule. In the formative years of any “Empty Cupboard” team, there are plenty of roster spots for stiffs… so I expect to have a few old friends around, and we’ll see where it goes from there.
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